Community Bible Study Santa Fe and Los Alamos

10/02/2024

Rosh HaShanah! The Feast of Trumpets
Sundown October 2, 2024 in Israel (6;23pm = 9:23am in Santa Fe)
to Nightfall October 4, 2024.
Listen for the Shofar!
Leviticus 23:23-25

09/30/2024

The people who were sitting in darkness saw a GREAT LIGHT, and those who were sitting in the land and shadow of death, upon them a Light dawned__ Jesus! Matthew 4:16
You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. "Let you light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven."Matthew 5:14-16

Which light are you in your world today?

09/30/2024

Memory verse this week. It's challenging both in memory work AND in life, but we can do it with the help of the Holy Spirit.

09/24/2024

Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Follow is the present tense imperative which stresses continuity.
Thus, He says, Live a life following Me.

He will make us "catching" to people. He calls us to drop materials and relations that have a hold on us, that would keep us from becoming His fishers of men.

09/20/2024

Margaret’s Central Idea this week
“We are God’s beloved, on whom His favor rests.”
Jesus identified with us in baptism.
Now God calls us His beloved also, as we identify with Christ.

09/19/2024

Matthew 3:17 a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”

Matthew 4:1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

Such a drastic change for Jesus. He prays, submits to John's baptism, comes up out of the water. The heavens open. The Holy Spirit descends and remains on Him. The Father claims Him and says He is pleased with Him. Then the Spirit leads Him out into the desert to fast for 40 days and be tempted by the devil. Talk about highs and lows. Mountain tops and dry valleys.

09/17/2024

09/16/2024

This week Ben announced that we are keeping Zimbabwe as our nation of emphasis this year. They have 200 classes with 7,223 participants: adults and children, as well as prisoners. We are committed to praying for the Community Bible Study classes, their leaders and participants this year. We are also praying for the Community Bible Study Lesson creators who translate the lessons into Shona. If you want to donate to CBS Zimbabwe follow this link https://santafeeve.cbsclass.org/ and hit the donate button at the top of the page. Then choose Zimbabwe under the Fund option.

09/15/2024

This week Lesson 4 is on Matthew 3.
What kind of fruit are you producing?
v2 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."
v8 "Bear fruit in keeping with repentance." [OUR MEMORY VERSE THIS WEEK!]
These verses are making me inspect the fruit I am producing.
Gardening this summer while I was very busy, I had vines growing everywhere that were not producing "Good Fruit". I had small round yellow/orange cucumbers. I realize that my lack of pruning, fertilizing, and watering as much as I needed to caused these bad fruits. So spiritually, what do I need to do to produce good fruit?
Repent and spend more time with the Bread of Life, the Water of Life, the Vine and Vinedresser.

09/12/2024

Margaret’s central idea “Jesus is the Light that the darkness can never defeat,” is truth that assures us and inspires us to reflect His Light into the darkness around us.

09/11/2024

God bless our United States of America!
In 2001, we all wanted to show our support and loyalty to our nation. Wearing red, white and blue was an easy way to show our loyalty. Are you wearing red, white, and blue today?